Welcome to rek'·lis 2021 St. Patricks day pairing

6. Rek Lis on Irish

7. Keen Interest in Single Malts Since
I was 16

8. SINGLE MALT SCOTCH
WHISKY

9. The Water of Life

10. • "When we drink, we
get drunk. When we
get drunk, we fall
asleep. When we fall
asleep, we commit no
sin. When we commit
no sin, we go to
Heaven. So, let's all
get drunk and go to
heaven."

11. Beer
• Irish banger served
with caramelized
onions on a soda
bread crostini
topped with stout
mustard.

12. The Start of Distillation and
Whiskey Making
• Distilling brought back
from the east where it
was used to make
perfume.
• Legend has it that whisky
production thought to
have began in Ireland on
St. Patrick's Day.
• But an island off Scotland
is thought to be the start.

13. Irish Whiskey, often called Irish
• Irish was the
dominant spirit in
the 1800’s and
early 1900’s

14. Poteen or Poitin
• Whiskey made
originally from
barley.

15. • Midleton in County
Cork has 12
different products.
• There are vatting
houses in Cork and
Dublin.
CORK
DUBLIN

16. • Midleton 1975
• Midleton, Paddy,
Powers,
Redbreast,
Tullamore Dew,
1975 Jameson,
Green Spot
• Cooley Distillery
1987
• Connemara,
Tyrconnell,
Kilbeggan.
• Bushmills
• 10,12,16,21
• Bushmills 1608

24. What is Single Malt Whisky?
• Made from Malted
Barley
• Aged for at least 3
Years
• From one distillery

25. Irish Single Malt

26. Tasting
• Using wine glasses not traditional tumbler
• First look at the color
• Much easier to get the aroma
• Hold your hand over the glass
• Smell again

27. Tasting
• Sip the Whiskey
• Taste for first flavors
• Taste for finish
• Add a little water smell and taste again

28. Old Bushmills 10 Years Matured in
two Woods
• Bushmills.
• Summer Gold.
• Aroma: Grape, crushed
sultana and honey.
• Palate: Warm, smooth,
sweet, spice, malted
barley and a hint of
chocolate.
• Finish: Sherry.

29. Salad
• Arugula salad
tossed in a blood
orange vinaigrette.
Topped with
blueberry pickled
beets, meyer
lemon poached
pear slices and salt
and vinegar
almonds.

30. Ingredients of Irish Whisky
• Malted or un-malted barley.
• In 1850 malted barley had a tax placed on it so
the Irish used the cheaper un-malted grain.
• Between 40:60 and 20:80 ration used.
• Grain whisky is mixed with pot still whisky to give
various products.
• Water.

31. What Makes Irish Whiskey Irish
Whiskey
• Irish Whiskey can
be made
throughout the
island of Ireland.
• Must include
malted barley
and/or other
unmalted grains.
• Malt Irish Whiskey
and Single Malts.

32. Basic Requirements for an Irish
Whiskey
• Mash; malted
barley plus other
grains (optional).
• Distilled to no more
than 94.8% ABV
• No additives apart
from water and
caramel coloring.

33. • Mature in wooden
casks not
exceeding 700
liters in Ireland or
Northern Ireland
for at least 3 years.

34. • Retain the
characteristics of
its raw materials.
• Be bottled at no
less than 40 %
ABV.

35. Pot Still Irish Whiskey
• A mash bill of a minimum
of 30% malted and a
minimum of 30 %
unmalted barley, with up
to 5% other grains.
• Single pot still is from one
distillery.

36. Grain Irish Whiskey
• No more that 30% malted
barley in combination with
other whole grain
unmalted cereals –
usually corn, wheat or
barley.
• Distilled in a column or
Coffey still.
• Single grain whiskey
comes from one distillery.

37. Blended Irish Whiskey
• A mixture of two or
more of the styles
that we have
discussed.

38. Stills

39. Irish Whisky is Often Triple
Distilled
• Prohibition.
• After prohibition.

40. It all Begins with Water

41. Grains

42. Barley Growing in Fields in
England

43. Grain is Mixed with Warm Water

45. Coal
• Coal used because it
is easier and more
convenient.
• Industrial Revolution.
• Coal is used for heat
rather than peat so
the traditional Scottish
smoky flavors are not
observed in general.

46. The Grist Bin

47. The Mash Tun

48. Draff is Used as Cattle Feed

49. Too much Draff !!

50. Copper Wash Backs

51. Pot Stills

52. Casks

53. Storage Warehouses

55. Peat is Wheeled into the Furnaces

56. Peat is Added to the Fire to Infuse
Flavors to Certain Malts

58. Connamara
• Color: Lightly golden
• Aroma: Smokey
Peatiness balanced
with hints if honey
and dried fruits.
• Palate: Smooth,
honey, followed by
malt and full bodied
peat.
• Finish: Golden honey
notes and a deep
peaty finish.

59. Tradition Irish Corn Beef
• Corn beef served with
house made
colcannon and ginger
glazed carrots.

60. What is a Blend
• Blends are often 40-
60% malt whisky.
• A blend can contain
30-40 malts married
together.

65. Slane
• Color: Golden topaz, hues of rich
coffee.
• Nose: Complex fruit with drizzles
of caramel and vanilla; brown
spice and toasted oak.
• Palate: Spicy at first, sweetened
with rich caramel, vanilla and
butterscotch atop a deep layer of
dried fruit.
• Finish: Lingering hints of dried
fruit and caramelized wood.

66. Dessert
• Stout chocolate cake
with toffee chocolate
ganache and Bailey’s
Irish whipped cream-
topped with a candied
orange.

67. • “I wouldn’t be here if it
wasn’t for my mum. I
know I’ve got Irish
blood because I wake
up everyday with
hangover.” -- Noel
Gallagher